Year End

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday marked our 20th annual flea market. I want to thank the cubs who showed up to help clean-up at the end. Every bit of help counts. This event is very important for the 1st Rockland Scouting Group. Most of the profit (if not all) goes to paying for the leaders' registration. Yep, it costs something for an individual to join as a leader. An event like the flea market helps cover those costs otherwise it would be difficult to get adults to join as leaders and therefore we would not have a scouting group. "Chapeau" to all that organized and helped out.

Wow almost a year has gone by already. We're approaching the end of the cubbing year. Tonight is our BBQ and fishing at the Rockland Marina (Du Moulin Parc). See the Google Map I created. People under 18 or over 65 are not required to have a fishing license.

Tuesday the 29th (next week) will be our last "regular" cub meeting. We would like you cubs to come prepared as if you're going to camp. We will inspect your bags (with your parents) to make sure all is okay. In fact our 1st camp will only be 3 days later so it's a good exercise. You may even want to leave it all packed and ready to go but be aware of the weather in case you need to change a few things.

I've posted last week's handout outlining what I just talked about (with a little bit more info). Feel free to read it if you want. :o)

The 1st camp we're attending is the annual Odawa Summer camp during the weekend of June 1,2&3. Again this year it is held at the Voyageur Provincial park near Hawkesbury. I think this will be my 3rd year attending this camp. It is packed with activities and the kids have lots of fun. One can expect a few hundred youth (beavers, cubs, scouts, venturers) from the Odawa area.

Our 2nd camp of the summer will be a special Voyageur District camp called : Rumble in the Jungle. It is held at the Apple Hill scouting reserve on the June 8,9&10 weekend. It will be for all the cubs in the Voyageur district. We can expect anywhere from 500-1000 cubs, plus leaders and other helpers.

Expect more info on these camps next week so please don't miss the meeting.

YIS

Shere Khan

Be prepared!

Hi all, don't forget that next meeting we are going to need our compasses and footwear for outside!

YIS
Bagheera

New Handout

Just uploaded a new handout about the spring cleanup this weekend.

I don't have all the info yet. Some of it will be given tonight or on Saturday.

YIS
Shere Khan

Back Pack Challenge

Well, it was an extremely tight race for points during this week's backpack challenge. The youth were tasked with packing all the gear they thought they would need for a 3 day camp, all in one bag.

It was nice to see how prepared everyone was, but in the end, some last minute bonus points for things above and beyond the "have to" list saw the Sharks ahead by half a point!

Their prize?

No dishwashing duty for the next camp.

Well done all, see you next week.

YIS,
Bagheera

Kub Kar Rally

Well last Saturday our Cub Pack attended the annual Odawa Kub Kar Rally at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa.

This year's event was organized by 4th Orleans ( http://4thorleans.ca/ ). They did a great job. There were tons of prizes but most importantly the kids (and adults) had fun.

Turn out was quite good. I think the numbers were around 120 cubs.

Our pack fared quite well. Joshua finished 2nd in the race for 1st place. Other cubs like, Connor, Dylan, Elise and Liam won prizes for most original, most true to live and other prizes that I can't remember at the moment.

Here are some pictures:

Kubs lining up to race

The pink car on the bottom is Elise's

Dylan with the most true to life car

Cars being admired

Please visit our web album for more pictures and even a couple of videos.

YIS
Shere Khan

Important News

Hi everyone,

I just uploaded a new handout containing some important information.

First off, there is a Kub Kar Rally this weekend at the museum of Science and Tech. This is a whole day event and is extremely fun. Make sure they come dressed in full uniform otherwise they will have to pay extra. Hopefully they will have their cars ready by then (those that haven't). For those new to the area (we always seem to take for granted that everyone knows the directions to these places) here's a Google Maps link : Museum Sci Tech Map.

The second thing I want to mention is that there are a couple of cub camps in June. They are the Odawa Camp and the Voyageur Cubaree.

The Odawa Camp is an annual event and I think this year is the ?? year they have it ( I can't find the info and right now the Odawa website is down) at the Voyageur Provincial Park near Hawkesbury. It's and event that includes all the Scouting Groups of the Odawa Area. This encompasses all groups from Gloucester to Hawkesbury ( I think .. I may be off here). It's a fun event and the kids really enjoy it. Cost is $15.00 per child. The pack is covering 75% of the costs (otherwise it would've cost $40.00). WE NEED TO KNOW ASAP IF YOUR CHILD CAN MAKE IT. Oh this camp is held the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June.

The other camp is coming up the following weekend, that is the 8th, 9th and 10th of June. This camp is to commemorate scouting's 100 year. This will include all the cub packs of the Voyageur district which covers a huge area (eastern Ontario and western Quebec) You are looking at over 1500 people at this camp. It is a mini-jamboree so to speak. Cost is $25.00 per child. The pack is covering 50% of the costs. WE NEED TO KNOW ASAP IS YOUR CHILD CAN MAKE IT

For more information on the kub kar rally and the camps (but not much more)
take a look at our newly added handout ... click here

You can take look at some pictures too:

Odawa Camp (when I was a beaver leader a few years back)
Kub Kar Rally (last year's)


YIS
Shere Khan